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Unclaimed Funds

The Office of the County Treasurer has the following four types of unclaimed funds:

1. Deceased Estates Held in Trust:

Under Probate Code 11850, monies are held for one year then, if not claimed, are escheated to the State. This is a semi-annual process. Under Probate Code 7663, monies are held for three years then, if not claimed, are escheated to the County through the County Unclaimed Funds process (found below in item 4).

Monies received primarily from public storage companies for the sale of abandoned property, or from hospitals for abandoned property. Funds are escheated to the County through the (#4) County Unclaimed Funds process.

Annually, the Treasurer-Tax Collector conducts an escheatment process for Countywide unclaimed funds per Government Code Section 50050-50057. The escheatment for 2014 has been completed. There are no unclaimed funds available at this time.

Escheated Funds Information:

Annually, the County Treasurer receives a listing of monies which have remained unclaimed for over three years from each County Department and Agency. The Treasurer, pursuant to Government Code section 50050-50057provides that unclaimed monies which remain in the treasury or in the official custody of the officers of a local agency for a period of over three (3) years, become the property of the agency. Individual items $15.00 or more in value must be published as notification that the money will become the property of the County on a designated date if it is left unclaimed.

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